2024–25 Cesena FC season

Cesena FC
2024–25 season
ChairmanJohn Aiello
Head coachMichele Mignani
StadiumStadio Dino Manuzzi
Serie B10th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Cristian Shpendi (11)
All: Cristian Shpendi (13)

The 2024–25 season is Cesena FC's 85th season in existence and first season in the Serie B since the club declared bankruptcy in 2018. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Coppa Italia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 February 2025[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Matteo Pisseri
4 MF  ITA Riccardo Chiarello
5 MF  ITA Leonardo Mendicino
7 DF  ITA Daniele Donnarumma
8 MF  BIH Dario Šarić
9 FW  ALB Cristian Shpendi
11 MF  GAM Joseph Ceesay
13 DF  ITA Raffaele Celia
14 MF  ITA Tommaso Berti
15 DF  ITA Andrea Ciofi
17 MF  ITA Emanuele Adamo
18 FW  ITA Alessandro Giovannini
19 DF  ITA Giuseppe Prestia
20 FW  ITA Elayis Tavşan
22 GK  ALB Giulio Veliaj
23 FW  ITA Mirko Antonucci
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  ITA Massimiliano Mangraviti
26 DF  ITA Matteo Piacentini
27 FW  ITA Antonino La Gumina
30 MF  ITA Simone Bastoni
33 GK  USA Jonathan Klinsmann
35 MF  ITA Giacomo Calò
44 DF  ITA Federico Valentini
70 MF  ITA Matteo Francesconi
71 DF  ITA Giulio Manetti
73 DF  ITA Simone Pieraccini
79 DF  ITA Enea Pitti
91 FW  ITA Flavio Russo
92 FW  ITA Valentino Coveri
93 GK  ITA Alessandro Siano

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
Summer
DF Massimiliano Mangraviti Brescia €300k 9 July 2024 [2]
MF Giacomo Calò Cosenza €250k 9 July 2024 [3]
DF Simone Bastoni Spezia €100k 9 July 2024 [4]
DW Marco Curto Como Loan 23 July 2024 [5]
MF Mirko Antonucci Spezia Loan 31 July 2024 [6]
DW Raffaele Celia Ascoli Undisclosed 8 August 2024 [7]
FW Sydney van Hooijdonk Bologna Free 9 August 2024 [8]
DW Elayis Tavsan Como Loan 30 August 2024 [9]
MF Leonardo Mendicino Atalanta Loan 30 August 2024 [10]
MF Joseph Ceesay Malmö FF Loan 30 August 2024 [11]
FW King Udoh Gubbio Loan return 30 June 2024
GK Luca Lewis Pontedera Loan return 30 June 2024
GK Lorenzo Pollini Trestina Loan return 30 June 2024
Winter
FW Antonino La Gumina Sampdoria Loan 9 January 2025 [12]
MF Dario Šarić Palermo Loan 31 January 2025 [13]
FW Cristiano Giometti San Marino Loan return 2 January 2025
DF Diego Rossi Arzignano Loan return 2 February 2025
MF Alessandro Giovannini Pineto Loan return 3 February 2025
FW Flavio Russo Sassuolo Loan 3 February 2025 [14]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
Summer
FW Simone Corazza Ascoli €200k 8 August 2024 [15]
MF Francesco De Rose Catania Free transfer 30 August 2024 [16]
DF Luca Coccolo Torres Free transfer 13 July 2024 [17]
MF Giovanni Nannelli Chievo Verona Free transfer 11 July 2024 [18]
GK Lorenzo Pollini Palmese Free transfer 5 August 2024 [19]
FW King Udoh Trapani Undisclosed 9 July 2024 [20]
MF Ivan Varone Ascoli Undisclosed 7 August 2024 [21]
DF Luigi Silvestri Trapani Loan 29 August 2024 [22]
FW Roberto Ogunseye Arezzo Loan 28 August 2024 [23]
DF Antonio David AS Gubbio Loan 23 July 2024 [24]
MF Fabrizio Lilli Forlì Loan 22 July 2024 [25]
MF Alessandro Giovannini Pineto Loan 23 July 2024 [26]
GK Luca Lewis Unattached End of Contract 1 July 2024 [27]
DF Edoardo Pierozzi Fiorentina Loan return 30 June 2024
Winter
MF Saber Hraiech Trapani Undisclosed 3 January 2025 [28]
FW Cristiano Giometti Pistoiese Loan 3 January 2025 [29]
FW Sydney van Hooijdonk NAC Breda Undisclosed 9 January 2025 [30]
DF Marco Curto Como End of loan 23 January 2025 [31]
FW Augustus Kargbo Blackburn Rovers €1.20m 31 January 2025 [32]
DF Diego Rossi Cavese Loan 3 February 2025
MF Riccardo Chiarello Campobasso Free transfer 6 February 2025 [33]

Friendlies

Pre-season

14 July 2024 Friendly Cesena 18–0 Alto Savio
Report
18 July 2024 Friendly Cesena 8–1 SSD Sampierana
Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 18 August 2024 9 May 2025 Matchday 1 TBD 34 11 11 12 42 43 −1 032.35
Coppa Italia 4 August 2024 18 December 2024 Qualifying Round Round of 16 4 3 0 1 7 8 −1 075.00
Total 38 14 11 13 49 51 −2 036.84

Last updated: 24 September 2024
Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Juve Stabia 38 14 13 11 42 41 +1 55 Promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Catanzaro 38 11 20 7 51 45 +6 53
7 Cesena 38 14 11 13 46 47 −1 53
8 Palermo 38 14 10 14 52 43 +9 52
9 Bari 38 10 18 10 41 40 +1 48
Source: Serie BKT
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[34]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 11 11 12 42 43  −1 44 7 7 4 25 20  +5 4 4 8 17 23  −6

Last updated: 15 February 2025.
Source: SofaScore

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAA
ResultWLWLDDWLLWDWWDLLWLLLDWDLWDWWDDLDDL
Position74104781058138844456566101099108886788910
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2025. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 10 July 2024.[35][36]

18 August 2024 1 Cesena 2–1 Carrarese Catanzaro
20:30 CET
  • Shpendi 8' 23'
  • Palmieri  20'
Stadium: Orogel Stadium
Attendance: 11,382
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
24 August 2024 2 Sassuolo 2–1 Cesena Reggio Emilia
14:30
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 5,017
Referee: Luca Massimi
28 August 2024 3 Cesena 2–0 Catanzaro Cesena
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 11,870
Referee: Giuseppe Collu
1 September 2024 4 Spezia 2–1 Cesena La Spezia
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 7,573
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
13 September 2024 5 Cesena 2–2 Modena Cesena
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 13,974
Referee: Marco Monaldi
21 September 2024 6 Palermo 0–0 Cesena Palermo
15:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 23,230
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
29 September 2024 7 Cesena 4–2 Mantova Cesena
15:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 12,326
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
5 October 2024 8 Pisa 3–1 Cesena Pisa
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Attendance: 7,915
Referee: Paride Tremolada
20 October 2024 9 Cesena 3–5 Sampdoria Cesena
17:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marco Piccinini
26 October 2024 10 Cesena 2–0 Brescia Cesena
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 11,816
Referee: Kevin Bonacina
29 October 2024 11 Salernitana 1–1 Cesena Salerno
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 10,141
Referee: Gabriele Scatena
3 November 2024 12 Cesena 1–0 Südtirol Cesena
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 10,754
Referee: Luca Massimi
10 November 2024 13 Cittadella 2–0 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 4,082
23 November 2024 14 Cesena 1–1 Reggiana
11:15 Attendance: 12,513
1 December 2024 15 Frosinone 2–3 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 9,698
7 December 2024 16 Bari 0–1 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 14,696
14 December 2024 17 Cesena 2–1 Cosenza
09:00 Attendance: 10,732
22 December 2024 18 Juve Stabia 0–1 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 4,767
26 December 2024 19 Cesena 0–1 Cremonese
14:00 Attendance: 11,088
29 December 2024 20 Carrarese 0–2 Cesena
14:00 Attendance: 3,813
12 January 2025 21 Cesena 0–0 Cittadella
16:15 Attendance: 10,065
17 January 2025 22 Sampdoria 2–1 Cesena
19:30 Attendance: 21,078
25 January 2025 23 Cesena 1–1 Bari
14:00 Attendance: 12,949
1 February 2025 24 Catanzaro 2–4 Cesena
14:00 Attendance: 8,514
9 February 2025 25 Reggiana 1–0 Cesena
14:00 Attendance: 10,372
16 February 2025 26 Cesena 1–1 Pisa
16:15 Attendance: 11,376
22 February 2025 27 Cremonese 2–1 Cesena
16:15 Attendance: 7,404
1 March 2025 28 Cesena 2–0 Salernitana
14:00 Attendance: 10,895
6 March 2025 29 Brescia 1–1 Cesena
18:30 Attendance: 4,818
15 March 2025 30 Cesena 0–0 Spezia
14:00 Attendance: 11,927
30 March 2025 31 Cesena 1–2 Juve Stabia
14:00
5 April 2025 32 Südtirol 1–1 Cesena
14:00
14 April 2025 33 Cesena 1-1 Frosinone
14:00
25 April 2025 34 Cesena 0-2 Sassuolo
19:30
1 May 2025 35 Mantova v Cesena
9:00
4 May 2025 36 Cesena v Palermo
9:00
9 May 2025 37 Cosenza v Cesena
14:30
13 May 2025 38 Modena v Cesena
14:30

Coppa Italia

4 August 2024 Qualifying Round Cesena 3–1 Calcio Padova Cesena
19:30 CET
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 4,428
Referee: Luca De Angeli
10 August 2024 First Round Hellas Verona 1–2 Cesena Verona
19:30 CET
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 7,148
Referee: Valerio Crezzini
25 September 2024 Second Round Pisa 0–1 Cesena Pisa
15:00 CET
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Attendance: 3,347
Referee: Daniele Rutella
18 December 2024 Round of 16 Atalanta 6–1 Cesena Bergamo
17:30 CET
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 20,234
Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

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